End-gate.



No. 681,88l. Patented Sept. 3, I901.

c. L. HARVEY a4. a. NIEMAN.

END GATE.

(Application filed Jan. 21, 1901.)

(No Model.)

*KTT EW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLAUDE L. HARVEY AND JOHN H. NIEMAN, OF PETERSBURG, NEBRASKA.

END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,881, datedSeptember 3, 1901.

Application filed January 21, 1901. Serial No. 44,153. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLAUDE L. HARVEY and JOHN H. NIEMAN, residing atPetersburg, in the county of Boone and State of Nebraska, have inventedcertain useful Improvements in End-Gates and We do hereby declare thatthe following is 'a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

This inven tion relates to a novel end-gate attachment for wagons.

The object of our invention is to provide an ordinary end-gate with atension attachment by means of which the end-gate can always beadjustably secured to the sides of the wagon-box, so as to insure agrain-tight connection between the end-gate and wagon sides.

In the accompanying drawings we have shown in Figure 1 a rear view of anordinary wagon-box provided with our improved endgate attachment, whileFig. 2 shows a top view thereof with portions broken away.

At a suitable point near their ends the sides of an ordinary wagon-box AA, secured to an ordinary bottom B, are provided with the plates 2.These plates are merely strips of iron suitably secured to the upperends of the wagon-box. the wagon, near the upper edge, are thespring-keepers 3, suitably secured by any suitable means and extendingacross the plates 2, as shown. These keepers embody a straight portion,the extension 12, and the terminal seatings 8, as is more clearly shownin Fig. 2. These keepers are secured near one end, so that they arepermitted a free movement at the opposite end, and are provided with aterminal seating 8. These keepers are preferably made of some springmetal, as steel, and at a suitable point are provided with threadedopenings adapted to receive an ordinary screw 4, the screw being adaptedto work upon the plate 2, each plate acting as a stop for its screw 4.It will be noticed that the terminal seatings 8 extend at an angle tothe section 12 of the keeper Further secured to the sides of and thatthis section is a short distance away from the end of each side-board A,as may be understood in referring to Fig. 2.

An ordinary end-gate comprising the portions Oand D, united by means ofahinge 11, is made to work between the cleats 00, secured to the wagonsides A. The hinge end-gate section D is further provided with theshield E, secured thereto by suitable screws, this shield being providedwith a slot cc, adapted to receive the crank-arm 7, movably securedwithin the end-gate section 0, as is usual in these hinged end-gates. Itshould be understood that this end-gate, comprising the parts 0, D, E,and 7, forms no part of our invention, as this is an end-gate as used incon junction with the majority of the ordinary farmwagons.

Secured to the end-gate section 0 by means of the screws let is aspring-ear 5, provided with the upward extension 9, and to the portion Eis secured a counterpart ear 6, provided with the upward extension 10.It will be noticed that these cars comprise a flat portion 5 and 6 andan outwardly-extending portion 5 and 6, from which extend at rightangles the ears proper, comprising the up- Ward extensions 9 and10,respectively. These ears are alike in construction and are positionedopposite one another in such a manner that they engage the keepers 3, asshown.

When the parts have been properly constructed, the end-gate is inserted,as usual, so that the ears 9 and 10 come within the terminal seatings 88. The end-gate is then closed in forcing the end portion E against theportion 0 and locking the end-gate sections 0 and D in alinement, as isshown in Fig. 2. The terminal seatings 8 having been engaged by means ofthe extensions 9 and 10 the sides A A of the wagon will be snugly drawnagainst the end-gate sections 0 and D, and in order to get a propertension it is merely necessary to adjust the counterpart screws 4 4 inorder to carry outward the keepers 8, so an absolutely grain-tightnonrattling union is formed between the sides A A and the end-gate. Thegate-sections O and. D are held between the cleats 0c 00, as shown inFig. 2.

[O Wagon-body, and provided at the opposite end with terminal seatings,said seatings being adapted to be engaged by said ears in a lockedposition, an'adj listing-screw passing through each keeper, and a plateacting as a stop for said screws, all arranged substantially, as and I 5for the purpose set forth.

CLAUDE L. HARVEY. J. H. NIEMAN.

In presence of- F. JOUVENAT, D. L. JOUVENAT.

